CC&Rs have evolved significantly since their general introduction in the 1960s. They've had to keep pace with a growing body of law affecting community associations as well as practical issues involving maintenance and operations. We offer amendments as well as complete restatements. Some of the benefits of restating your CC&Rs include:

• adding rental restrictions
• eliminating Declarant provisions
• requiring owners to carry insurance
• setting occupancy restrictions
• properly defining maintenance responsibilities
• adding disclosure language required by the Davis-Stirling Act
• deleting illegal or unenforceable provisions
• reducing the association's potential liability
• reducing the need for interpretation by lawyers by using plain English

We include a complete restatement of the bylaws at the same time so as to provide a matched set of documents.

Restatement Time-line. The process takes about 4 to 6 months. Some associations take longer depending on how they approach the project.

Court Approval. The Davis-Stirling Act recognizes the difficulty in obtaining membership approval. It allows associations to go into court and seek judicial approval if at least 50% of the membership approved the amendments and/or restatement. If needed, we can prepare the petition and present the matter to the court for approval.